Family
Teloschistaceae
Species Name
Polycauliona phlogina (Acharius) Arup
Species Citation
Polycauliona phlogina (Acharius) Arup, Frödén & Søchting., Nordic Journal of Botany 31 (1): 53. 2013;
Parmelia citrina var. phlogina Ach., Methodus, Sectio post. (Stockholmiæ): 180. 1803.
Caloplaca phlogina (Ach.) Flagey, Mém. Soc. ému. Doubs, sér. 6 (1): 250. 1886; Nayaka & Upreti, Uttar Pradesh State Biodiversity Board, 49. 2013.
Description
Thallus corticolous, crustose, thin, greenish-grey to greenish yellow, continuous to patchy, sometimes neighbouring thallus coalescing, sorediate; soralia marginal to laminal, yellow to orange yellow, capitate, formed by breaking of thallus, projecting above the thallus. Apothecia absent. Chemistry: Thallus K+ purple, C–, KC–, P–. TLC: Parietin.
Ascomata
Absent
Cilia
Absent
Habit
Crustose
Medulla
White
Photobiont
Green alga
Pruina
Absent
Rhizines
Absent
Secondary Metabolites
Parietin
Spot Test
K+ Purple/P-/C-/KC-
Thallus colour
Greenish Grey To Greenish Yellow
Vernacular Names
Distribution (District-wise)
Sonbhadra
Habitat
Corticolous
